Adina is a Senior Researcher specializing in applying open sources to research tasks at Ridgeway Information, a research consultancy in London.

Her work centres around finding new tools and refining research techniques which have applications for the intersection of security and social issues. Adina has led the creation of Navigating Disinformation (https://unw.thinkific.com/) an online course for UN Women, aimed at empowering girls, women, and gender minorities in the face of disinformation, misinformation, and hate speech.

Most of her technical work, especially around automation, supports an independent UN agency. Her open source research has supported EU’s European Union Agency for Asylum, the National Police Chief’s Council, the UK Civil Service and several private sector clients. She has led digital literacy sessions for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and the World Institute for Nuclear Security.

Adina is Ridgeway’s focal point for the Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy network and leads Ridgeway’s work on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Adina is a mentor for Girl Security and En Voz Alta.

Previously, Adina worked in the European Commission’s polling services in Brussels and supported ESRC projects on social politics. Adina is a first-generation immigrant, the first in her family to compete post-graduate education, and she has self-funded both her degrees. She holds an MA in Applied Security and Strategy, where her thesis focused on strategies used by disparate groups at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. In her BSc in Politics and International Relations, she focused on big data and elections.